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Esther chapter 2 versus 17.

The king loved Esther more than all the women and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all

the Virgin so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

This is the beginning of the story of Esther, specifically this is the verse where she becomes the Queen.

And it is one of a number of different circumstances in this book that you see the sovereign hand of

God working in and through. It's interesting, You read the book of Esther, you actually don't see the name of God ever mentioned.

Some people have practically criticized this book as a result, but though you may not see the name of God, the fingerprints of God, are all over this book.

That Queen Vashti just so happened to be removed as Queen, and Queen Esther,

a Jewish woman, just so happened among all the other women to become the Queen and Esther just

so happened to be related to Mordecai who discovers a plot in the second half of this chapter

to kill the king that helps through Mordecai's relationship with Esther bring about saving the King's life.

All this ultimately, I don't want to ruin the book as you read through it, but ultimately

leads to not just saving the King's life, this leads to saving the Jewish people from

annihilation at the hands of this king it's an amazing story and at every turn you see the sovereign hand of God putting people in certain

places at certain times for the accomplishment of his purpose. I point all that out, read this first,

just to remind you today

that God is sovereign

over the details of our lives and just bring this down in your life God that

means God has put you where you are right now for a reason.

You are in that office.

You are in that neighborhood. You're in that neighborhood. You're in that apartment complex. You are in that

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